Burr

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030921
MRDS ID M009411
Record type Site
Current site name Burr
Alternate or previous names Miles

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.32821, 37.71881 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 1/2 MI NW OF COULTERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Penon Blanco Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 016E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 , NW 1/4 ; AND SW 1/4 , NW 1/4 ; UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.32821, 37.71881

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip GENTLE E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Trabucco ?

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 P. 246 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1928 , S. F. FIELD DIV.- MARIPOSA COUNTY: 24TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST, VOL. 24 , NO. 2 , P. 130 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit TAILINGS IN 34. UNPATENTED CLAIM BELONGING TO Y. R. TRABUCCO IN 1927. MAY BE THE PROSPECT SHOWN IN THE NW1/4 OF THE SEC. ON USGS QUAD. HORNITOS, CALIF., 1949

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.